Transdisciplinarity: The Dawn of an Emerging Approach to Acquiring Knowledge

William A. Harper William A. Harper is College Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. William was Head of Health & Kinesiology between 2006 - 2011 and currently writes all Player Development Project research reviews.

Rushiella Songca, University of South Africa

The Big Idea

Consistent with our effort to review worldly research publications for our PDP coaches, this paper on transdisciplinarity training was published in the International Journal of AfricanRenaissance Studies. Professor Songca isn’t writing explicitly for our PDP readers, but there is a way of seeing the paper as though he were.

Remarkably, the kind of transdisciplinarity training described in this appeal is consistent with a line of thinking in coaching education and development that values collaboration, dialogue, and interaction over control, mastery, and expertise. ...

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About the Author:

William A. Harper is College Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. William was Head of Health & Kinesiology between 2006 - 2011 and currently writes all Player Development Project research reviews.

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